The “bigs” blend and dilute evidence to CYA and as obedient robots “we” ask NO questions…?

Companies trying to prevent PV water pollution - by Diana Balazs - May. 9, 2008 10:11 AM…The Arizona Republic – EXCERPTED - .The Arizona American Water Co. and Motorola Inc. are taking steps to ensure that a January incident at a treatment plant where TCE was released into the water supply will never happen again…On Jan. 15, a malfunction occurred at the plant near Miller Road and McDonald Drive in Scottsdale that resulted in a three-day ban on using water. The ban affected nearly 5,000 Arizona American customers in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale….Arizona American owns and runs the 10-year-old facility. The companies, Motorola, Siemens Corp. and SmithKline Beecham Corp., were identified as the source of the TCE contamination decades ago and are responsible for the cost of operating and maintaining the plant as part of a federally mandated Superfund cleanup site. TCE is an industrial solvent that is suspected of causing cancer… .
.The report for Motorola cites operator error as the cause of the problem, while the one for Arizona American concluded that the treatment facility's systems and components were not designed or operated in an optimal manner….The Motorola investigation, conducted by Tennessee-based Environ International Corp., notes that when the system was tested in automatic mode, it properly shut down… According to the report, the plant operator reported that when he left the plant around 2 p.m. Jan. 15, the blower was still running. But the report concludes that the operator manually shut off the blower to Tower 3 where forced air is used to strip the water of TCE. The PCX-1 well, however, apparently was not assigned to Tower 3 so it would not have received a command to stop and shut down…"The AAWC operator did not manually shut down well PCX-1 nor confirm that it stopped after turning off the blower," according to Environ's report….But Phoenix-based Brown and Caldwell, which did the investigation for Arizona American, could not determine why the blower shut down, outlining at least three possibilities….It did note that someone could have shut down Blower 3 by accident, via a computer screen that uses graphics to represent pipes, pumps, blowers and other equipment. Both Motorola, identified as the main source of the TCE, and Arizona American hired outside consultants to investigate what happened in January. The AAWC operator did not manually shut down well PCX-1 nor confirm that it stopped after turning off the blower," according to Environ's report….But Phoenix-based Brown and Caldwell, which did the investigation for Arizona American, could not determine why the blower shut down, outlining at least three possibilities….It did note that someone could have shut down Blower 3 by accident, via a computer screen that uses graphics to represent pipes, pumps, blowers and other equipment.


A perspective for your consideration . . . ?The “bigs” blend and dilute evidence to CYA and as obedient robots “we” ask NO questions…?

“We” permit Arizona American Water company to lay down a smoke screen and toss an unnamed water plant operator under the bus conveniently absolving themselves from any real accountability or responsibility.

That guy did it, it was all his fault.

Wonder who owns ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORP – you may find it interesting should you choose to make the time to actually ask any questions...? Try “K” street Washington DC.

Let’s see ENVIRON covers Motorola’s butt, Brown & Caldwell covers Az American’s butt, ADEQ and the Az Corp Commision cover each other’s butt, but who cover’s yours and mine…?

Looking for a solution…? The motto is …to serve and to protect … we just never ask who…?